The Theatre Show, 17 May 2012
Alan Dean of Knutsford Musical Theatre Company on A Salute to Sondheim; review of Close the Coalhouse Door at The Lowry; Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
The Theatre Show, 10 May 2012
Ray Gidley of Players Dramatic Society on Ladies' Day and the new season; reviews of The Queen of the North at the Octagon and Avenue Q at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 3 May 2012
Interview Lynda Rooke on playing Pat Phoenix / Elsie Tanner in Ron Rose's The Queen of the North at Octagon; interview Mike Rogerson on The Lonesome West at Wilmslow Green Room; new seasons at Octagon and Royal Exchange.
The Theatre Show, 26 April 2012
Interviews with Sam Lupton, of Avenue Q and Peter Garsden of Macclesfield Majestic about the Musical Variety Show.
The Theatre Show, 19 April 2012
Interview Connie Fisher re Wonderful Town at The Lowry; review Miss Julie at Royal Exchange.
The Theatre Show, 12 April 2012
Review of 25th anniversary touring production of Phantom of the Opera; new Library site-specific show, obituary Jean-Norman Benedetti
The Theatre Show, 5 April 2012
Interview with choreographer Hofesh Shechter; reviews of The Winslow Boy at Octagon, Monkee Business at the Opera House and Wonderful Town from The Lowry, the Royal Exchange and the Hallé.
The Theatre Show, 29 March 2012
Review JB Shorts 7 at Joshua Brooks, Manchester; Lowry new season; Buxton Opera House Easter activities
The Theatre Show, 22 March 2012
Interviews with Oliver Saville of Monkee Business at Opera House, Claire Bibby of Baroque Theatre about Great Expectations and Martin Pritchard of Stockport Garrick on The Crucible.
The Theatre Show, 15 March 2012
Interview Owen le Blanc of Wilmslow Guild re Arms and the Man; summary of Manchester Theatre Awards winners; review Travelling Light from National Theatre at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 8 March 2012
Interview with Barry Evans re One Play, One Day II at Black Lion and King's Arms / Studio Salford; reviews of Thin Air from Cotton Grass Theatre at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at the Royal Exchang
The Theatre Show, 1 March 2012
Interview with Porl Cooper re Lowry Studio season and programming; reviews of The Daughter-in-Law from Library Theatre Co at The Lowry and Macbeth at Octagon
The Theatre Show, 23 February 2012
Interview with Joyce Branagh re Thin Air by Berlie Doherty with Cotton Grass Theatre; review of Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn from Oldham Coliseum at Grange Arts Centre.
The Theatre Show, 16 February 2012
Interview actor Mark Smith of Spike Theatre re The Games; rundown of announced Manchester Christmas shows; Contact Theatre's Flying Solo festival.
The Theatre Show, 9 February 2012
Interview Helena Blackman re Journey to the Past tour; interview playwright Rob Johnston re King's Cross Award for Playwriting; review Propeller's The Winter's Tale at The Lowry
The Theatre Show, 2 February 2012
Review of Oliver! at Palace Theatre Manchester; review of How To Direct A Play by Braham Murray; new plays in regions v new plays in London.
The Theatre Show, 26 January 2012
Reviews of Alfie by Bill Naughton at Bolton Octagon and Two by Jim Cartwright at Royal Exchange; Monkee Business launch in Manchester
The Theatre Show, 19 January 2012
Manchester Theatre Awards nominations; review Blackbird in Re:Play at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 12 January 2012
Interviews with Ray Gidley & Ian Pearson of Players Dramatic re Black Comedy and Vicky Binns re Alfie at Bolton Octagon; new season at Theatre by the Lake
The Theatre Show, 5 January 2012
Peter Garsden of Macclesfield Majestic on Jack and the Beanstalk panto; Re:Play Festival; new seasons at The Met and Pyramid and Parr Hall; Stage 100
The Theatre Show, 29 December 2011
A review of north west theatre as featured on The Theatre Show throughout 2011
The Theatre Show, 22 December 2011
Interview with panto expert Simon Sladen; look forward to shows opening in early 2012.
The Theatre Show, 15 December 2011
Interview with Kevin Shaw of Oldham Coliseum re spring and summer season on the road; reviews of You Can't Take It With You at Royal Exchange and Scrooge at The Lowry; run-down of shows running over Christmas.
The Theatre Show, 8 December 2011
Interview with Trevor Williams and Michele Eaton from Wilmslow Guild's Sleeping Beauty; interview with Elizabeth Newman, director of Bolton Octagon's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; review The Wind in the Willows from Library Theatre at The Lowry; Library The
The Theatre Show, 1 December 2011
Reviews of Dirty Dancing at Palace Theatre and pantomime Dick Whittington at Oldham Coliseum
The Theatre Show, 24 November 2011
Interview with Fine Time Fontayne, dame and co-writer for Dick Whittington at Oldham Coliseum; review Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Bolton Octagon
The Theatre Show, 17 November 2011
David Slack on 24:7 Theatre Festival call for scripts; review of Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey at Royal Exchange; Bruntwood winners
The Theatre Show, 10 November 2011
Interview with Charlie Cook re The Anniversary at Heald Green Theatre; new season at The Lowry; opportunities for writers at Library Theatre Company
The Theatre Show, 3 November 2011
John Goodfellow on Royal Exchange spring/summer season; professional and amateur Christmas shows; Manchester Theatre Awards; 24:7 get-together.
The Theatre Show, 27 October 2011
Interview John Blackmore, executive director of Octagon; reviews of Habeas Corpus at Octagon, Glass Menagerie at Coliseum and Slava's Snow Show at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 20 October 2011
Interview with Charlie Cook of Wilmslow Guild re Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; interview actress Louise Bangay re Glass Menagerie at Oldham Coliseum; reviews of Good by C P Taylor at Royal Exchange and Legally Blonde The Musical at Opera House
The Theatre Show, 13 October 2011
Interview James Quinn re JB Shorts 6; reviews of JB Shorts at Joshua Brooks and One Man, Two Guvnors at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 6 October 2011
Interview Mark Babych re All the Way Home for Library Theatre Company at The Lowry; reviews All the Way Home and Sister Act UK tour at Opera House, Manchester; new writing news
The Theatre Show, 29 September 2011
Interview with Ray Gidley of Players Dramatic re Zack; review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Bolton Octagon; theatre events in Manchester Literature Festival
The Theatre Show, 22 September 2011
Interviews with Peter Garsden of Macclesfield Majestic about Little Shop of Horrors and Adrian Palmer of Mikron Theatre about Beer Street and Hell and High Water; review of We Are Three Sisters from Northern Broadsides at The Lowry
The Theatre Show, 15 September 2011
Interview playwright Conor McKee re Thrasher at Royal Exchange Studio; reviews Deathtrap at Oldham Coliseum and Richard II at Royal Exchange; Waterside Arts Centre autumn season
The Theatre Show, 8 September 2011
Interview with actress Polly Lister, Theatre by the Lake; reviews of Dancing Shoes, the George Best Story at The Lowry in Salford and Out of Joint's production of Bang Bang Bang by Stella Feehily at the Octagon in Bolton; Studio Salford new season
The Theatre Show, 1 September 2011
Interview Martin Pritchard and Jonathan Higgs re Gaslight at Stockport Garrick; John Goodfellow from Royal Exchange about becoming a 'Twitic'
The Theatre Show, 25 August 2011
Interview Roberta Kerr re Deathtrap at Oldham Coliseum; reviews of Keep Smiling Through, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, The Blue Room and Noises Off at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick; new season at Stockport Garrick
The Theatre Show, 18 August 2011
Review of Bolton Octagon book by Robin Pemberton-Billing; new seasons at Buxton Opera House and The Dukes; professional acting opportunities for young people
The Theatre Show, 11 August 2011
Interview Simon Wain of SOL Theatre School re Our House; Library Theatre autumn and winter season; look ahead to September in amateur & professional theatre
The Theatre Show, 5 August 2011
Reviews of final 7 plays at 24:7; opportunities for writers & young performers; casting news
The Theatre Show, 28 July 2011
Robert Powell talks about 24:7 Theatre Festival and early days at Bolton Octagon; reviews of 6 plays from 24:7; demise of MEN Theatre Awards
The Theatre Show, 21 July 2011
Interview David Thacker re Octagon season; review Madness of an Extraordinary Plan / Die Walküre from MIF at Bridgewater Hall
The Theatre Show, 14 July 2011
Interview Mary Pritchard of Stockport Garrick re 'Allo 'Allo; reviews of MIF shows Marina Abramovic at The Lowry and And Another Thing... at Pavilion Theatre; new season at The Lowry
The Theatre Show, 7 July 2011
Interview David Ward of Theatre by the Lake about their summer season; reviews of MIF productions Dr Dee at Palace Theatre and That Day We Sang at Opera House plus As You Like It at Royal Exchange in Not Part Of Festival
The Theatre Show, 30 June 2011
Interview Braham Murray of Royal Exchange Theatre about stepping down as artistic director; interview Kevin Shaw of Oldham Coliseum about autumn / winter season & theatre move; run-down of theatre festivals in July
The Theatre Show, 23 June 2011
Programme for 24:7 Theatre Festival and interviews with writers and directors; review A Fine Bright Day Today at Oldham Coliseum; Coliseum autumn and winter season
The Theatre Show, 16 June 2011
Interview Robin Bowerman re A Fine Bright Day Tomorrow at Oldham Coliseum; review Sweeney Todd at Bolton Octagon; John Henshaw launching 24:7 Theatre Festival
The Theatre Show, 9 June 2011
Interview with Elizabeth Newman of Bolton Octagon about Sweeney Todd; reviews of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen from National Black Light Theatre Prague at The Lowry and Library Theatre's Hard Times at Murrays' Mills in Ancoats.
The Theatre Show, 2 June 2011
Interviews with adjudicator and winners of Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays; reviews of Avenue Q at The Lowry and A Passionate Woman at Oldham Coliseum
The Theatre Show, 26 May 2011
Review of A View From The Bridge at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; in-depth look at theatre at Manchester International Festival 2011
The Theatre Show, 19 May 2011
Interview David Carlile of Heald Green Theatre re Ladies' Day by Amanda Whittington; review Secret Thoughts by David Lodge at Bolton Octagon; programme for Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays; Not Part Of call for volunteers; Three Minute Theatre reprise
The Theatre Show, 12 May 2011
Interview Bill Beton of Wilmslow Guild re Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays; review Yes, Prime Minister by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn at The Lowry in Salford; Bolton Octagon new season; Andrew Smaje of Hull Truck on Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
The Theatre Show, 5 May 2011
Interview David Slack of 24:7 re this year's play selection; interview Ray Gidley of Players Dramatic Society; Theatre by the Lake summer season; casting news at Palace, Opera House and Lowry
The Theatre Show, 28 April 2011
Interview Joanna Flay of Stage Talk TV; what's on during May; Bruntwood Prize & Organised Chaos collaborative project; Hard Times sold out for Library.
The Theatre Show, 21 April 2011
Manchester's Greenroom closes; Three Minute Theatre Festival; reviews of Satin 'n' Steel at Oldham Coliseum & 5@50 at Royal Exchange; Buxton Opera House new season.
The Theatre Show, 14 April 2011
Interview with Victor Alexander of Three Minute Theatre; reviews of The Demolition Man at Bolton Octagon and Ghost The Musical at Opera House Manchester
The Theatre Show, 7 April 2011
Interview Oliver Lansley of Les Enfants Terribles re The Vaudevillains at The Lowry; review Corrie by Jonathan Harvey at the Palace; ACE cuts in NW
The Theatre Show, 31 March 2011
Interview playwright Nicola Schofield re Peacefully At Home for Organised Chaos at Taurus Bar; ACE funding cuts; Waterside Arts Centre theatre programme; opportunities for writers and performers
The Theatre Show, 24 March 2011
Interview David Thacker of Bolton Octagon re The Price by Arthur Miller; reviews of Stepping Out at Oldham Coliseum and King Lear (Donmar) at The Lowry in Salford
The Theatre Show, 17 March 2011
Interview Lee Tipton of Wilmslow Guild re Farndale Macbeth; MIF 2011 programme launch; review of The Price by Arthur Miller at Bolton Octagon; casting at Royal Exchange and Octagon.
The Theatre Show, 10 March 2011
The Lowry new season; Underground Venues at Buxton Fringe; work experience in theatres
The Theatre Show, 3 March 2011
Interview Chris Glyn and Ray Gidley from Players Dramatic Society about Harold Pinter's The Caretaker; reviews of Library Theatre Company's A Doll's House at The Lowry and Royal Exchange's Private Lives by Noël Coward.
The Theatre Show, 24 February 2011
Interview Ben Stock of Stepping Out at Oldham Coliseum; review Calendar Girls at Palace Theatre; Buxton Fringe entry procedures; Wonderful Town major new production.
The Theatre Show, 17 February 2011
Interview Rebecca Lea, co-director of Into The Woods at RNCM; interview actor Paul Barnhill from Library Theatre's A Doll's House at The Lowry; productions coming up at Studio Salford.
The Theatre Show, 10 February 2011
Speeches from launch of Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting at Royal Exchange; reviews of Romeo and Juliet at Octagon, Spamalot at Palace and National Theatre Hamlet at Lowry; MEN Theatre Awards winners
Theatre Show Extra: Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting launch January 2011
Podcast extra: launch event for Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting feature speeches from Greg Hersov, Simon Stephens, Vivienne Franzmann, Andrew Sheridan and Michael Oglesby
The Theatre Show, 3 February 2011
Interview with playwright Rob Johnston re Rid The World; reviews of Private Lives at Oldham Coliseum and Mogadishu at Royal Exchange
The Theatre Show, 27 January 2011
Interview Sylvia Crossley of Heald Green Theatre Company re Broken Glass; NT Live from National Theatre; Re:Play Debate panel
The Theatre Show, 20 January 2011
Interviews: actor Christopher Naylor on Private Lives at Oldham Coliseum and writer Dick Curran on Islanders in Re:Play at Library / Contact Theatre in Manchester; RSC's Open Stages project for amateur theatre groups; reports on economic benefits of the a
The Theatre Show, 13 January 2011
Interview with Beth McCann of Not Part Of Festival; MEN Theatre Awards nominations; Re:Play Festival line-up
The Theatre Show, 6 January 2011
Interview with Peter Garsden of Macclesfield Majestic about Ali Baba; Greenroom and Bury Met new seasons; 24:7 deadline; opportunities for young performers at Coliseum
The Theatre Show, 30 December 2010
A review of the 61 interviews and 63 reviews on The Theatre Show in 2010; look forward to amateur and professional highlights of 2011
The Theatre Show, 23 December 2010
Interview Nigel & Sammy Wells re Bollington Pantomime; Bruntwood Playwriting Competition; cancelled performances at two professional pantos; Waterside Arts Centre new season
The Theatre Show, 16 December 2010
Reviews of Peter Pan at The Lowry and Zack at Royal Exchange; Buxton Opera House new season, opportunities for writers.
The Theatre Show, 9 December 2010
Interview with Elizabeth Newman about stepping in to lead role in David Copperfield at Bolton Octagon; review Library Theatre's Christmas Carol at The Lowry; Oldham Coliseum new season
The Theatre Show, 2 December 2010
Interview with Owen Le Blanc and Trevor Williams of Wilmslow Guild re Dragon of Wantley; review Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum
The Theatre Show, 25 November 2010
Interview with Chris Honer of Library Theatre re new building plans; interview David Slack of 24:7 Theatre Festival; review David Copperfield at Octagon in Bolton
The Theatre Show, 18 November 2010
Interview with Fine Time Fontayne re Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum; reviews of The Bacchae by Euripides adapted by Mike Poulton and The Author by Tim Crouch, both at Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
The Theatre Show, 11 November 2010
Interview Rachel Bell of Keeping Up Appearances cast at Buxton Opera House; interview Tom Thistleton of Flint Street Nativity cast at Heald Green Theatre
The Theatre Show, 4 November 2010
Interview with playwright Nick Lane about Northern Broadsides production of 1984; review of Witness for the Prosecution at Opera House Manchester
The Theatre Show, 28 October 2010
Interview with actor Dennis Lill of Witness for the Prosecution at Opera House; review Morecambe at The Lowry; 24:7 news; Royal Exchange new season
The Theatre Show, 21 October 2010
Interview with Chris Bridgman of North West Playwrights; reviews of Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood and Ronald Gow at Bolton Octagon, The Lady from the Sea by Ibsen at Royal Exchange and Enron at The Lowry
The Theatre Show, 14 October 2010
Interview with Jess Hale of Wilmslow Guild re No Dinner For Sinners; reviews The Sunshine Boys at Oldham Coliseum and Spend Spend Spend! at The Lowry in Salford
The Theatre Show, 7 October 2010
Interview with Andrew Aughton, chief executive of Buxton Opera House; reviews of Something Hidden by David Pattison at Studio Salford and The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 30 September 2010
Interview Robert Pickavance re Sunshine Boys at Oldham Coliseum; review Arcadia from Library Theatre at Lowry
The Theatre Show, 23 September 2010
Interview with Peter Garsden of Macclesfield Majestic re Oklahoma!; review of A Streetcar Named Desire at Bolton Octagon
Theatre Show Extra: Conrad Nelson of Northern Broadsides on 1984
Extended version of interview with Conrad Nelson of Northern Broadsides about his production of 1984.
The Theatre Show, 16 September 2010
Interview with Conrad Nelson about Northern Broadsides production of 1984; interview Lindsey Barker and Mary Ellis about Time Of My Life at Heald Green; joining Wilmslow Guild; 24:7; Studio Salford new season and more.
The Theatre Show, 9 September 2010
Interview with Donald Judge of Bollington Festival Music Theatre; reviews of Kes at Oldham Coliseum and Evita at The Lowry in Salford
The Theatre Show, 2 September 2010
Interview with actor Simeon Truby re Kes at Oldham Coliseum; 3-Minute Theatre Festival; new seasons at Buxton Opera House & The Met in Bury
The Theatre Show, 26 August 2010
Interview with David Ward re Theatre by the Lake and the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre; Waterside Arts Centre new season, opportunities for young actors
The Theatre Show, 19 August 2010
Interview with playwright Jonathan Harvey; review of Corrie! at The Lowry in Salford; opportunities for young actors in professional Christmas shows; happy 11th birthday to Theatre by the Lake; Greenroom new season
The Theatre Show, 12 August 2010
Recommendations on theatre to see in London from Philip Fisher; reviews of 4 summer season plays at Theatre by the Lake and interview with lead actress from three of these plays.
The Theatre Show, 5 August 2010
More 24:7 reviews, radio mic compensation scheme, Write Now Festival
The Theatre Show, 29 July 2010
Reviews of half of 24:7 Theatre Festival plays & info about the others; Write Now Festival; Buxton Fringe Awards
The Theatre Show, 22 July 2010
Interview with Fiona Gaspar MBE, new executive director of Royal Exchange; 24:7; local Theatres At Risk, GMDF awards winners; summer theatre to travel to
The Theatre Show, 15 July 2010
Interview with Kevin Shaw, artistic director of Oldham Coliseum; review of Hairspray at Opera House, Manchester
The Theatre Show, 8 July 2010
Feature on Buxton Fringe including interviews with four groups performing there, review of Monty Python's Spamalot at Opera House, Manchester
The Theatre Show, 1 July 2010
Interview with Chris Honer of Library Theatre, review of Charley's Aunt at Royal Exchange
The Theatre Show, 24 June 2010
Interview with David Thacker of Bolton Octagon, review of Road to Nab End at Oldham Coliseum
The Theatre Show, 10 June 2010
Reviews of Columbo at The Lowry and Importance of Being Earnest at Library Theatre
The Theatre Show, 3 June 2010
Wilmslow One-Act Play Festival interviews and Wilmslow Guild new season
The Theatre Show, 27 May 2010
Wilmslow One-Act Play Festival, reviews of Memory of Water at Oldham Coliseum and The Hobbit at The Palace
The Theatre Show, 20 May 2010
Interview Anna Clayton of Laughter in the Rain cast, reviews of Laughter in the Rain at Opera House, Rafta Rafta at Bolton Octagon and Pygmalion at Royal Exchange.
The Theatre Show, 13 May 2010
Interview David Slack of 24:7 about this year's festival, review When Harry Met Sally at Opera House, Manchester
The Theatre Show, 6 May 2010
Interviews Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre directors Simon Matthews and Dee Melia & Heald Green Theatre cast member Lindsey Barker, review of A Chorus Line at The Lowry.
The Theatre Show, 29 April 2010
Interview with Ray Gidley of Players Dramatic Society, reviews of Beautiful House at Library Theatre and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Palace Theatre.